Bag-holder



A. IVI. OLDS.

Bag Holder.

Patented ug. 20, 1861.

DNTED y STATES DATEN @FFCFL j A. Morne, or GLENMONT, wi-scoivsnv.`

BAG-Hernan.

Specication of Letters Patent No. 33,097', dated August 20, 18'61.

T 0 cltfwhom it may concern.'

Be 1tknown that A. M. ULDs, of Glenmont, in the countyof St. Croix and State' of lVisconsin, have invented a new and mproved Device for Holding Bags to Facilitate the Filling of the Same; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l, is a plan or top view of my invention; and Fig. 2, a side sectional view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two igures.

The object of this invention is to obtain an implement or device by which bags may be held in proper position, with their mouths or open ends distended, for the purpose of being readily illed, the device at the same time admitting ot being readily manipulated for the purpose 01"' adjusting the bags to it and detaching them therefrom.

To enable those skilled in art to fully understand and construct my invention, l will proceed to describe it.

A, represents an upright hollow post which is attached to a suitable base, B; and C is a slide which is iitted on the post A, and has two side-strips, c, (L, attached to it, in cach of which side-strips a horizontal slot, 7), is made.

D, D, are two arms which pass one through each slot I). rEhe inner ends of the arms D, D, are connected by a joint on the pintle of which a friction roller, c, is placed, said roller being between the side-strips a, a.

To the outer end of each arm D, there is att-ached a side-piece, E, the upper edges of which are grooved longitudinally to receive pins or guides, cl, (Z, which are attached to the ends of the upper edge of a board, e, that is secured transversely to the front ends of the sidepieces a, a; the lower edges of the side-pieces E, E, resting on projections at the lower end of the board e.

The board e, in connection with the sidepieces E, E, form what may be termed a hopper and at each end of the board c, near its lower edge there is placed a rotary spur f, to serve as a catch. rlthere is also placed a rotary spur c/ at the front and lower parts of the side-pieces E, E. At the lower edges of the side-pieces E, E, near their front ends there are shoulders, it, which serve as stops.

' foot from the foot-piece.

The side-pieces E, E, have an oblique position with each other, and a certain degree of longitudinal play or movement 1s allowed them; the guides cl, cZ, keeping the side-pieces E, E, in proper position.

F, is ay cord, the upper end of which is attached to the pintle of the joint of the arms D, D. The cord F extends down and passes around a roller, z', on a slide, G, which is litted on the post A, and has a foot-piece or treadle, y', attached, the lower end of the cord being secured to the post A.

H, is a cord which is attached at one end to the pintle which has the upper end of cord F attached to it. rlhe cord H passes over a roller, Zi, at the upper end of post A, and has a weight,l, attached, which weight is litted in the post A, and is allowed to slide freely up and down therein.

J, is a pawl or strip which is secured by a joint, Z, in the back part of the side-strips. rhis pawl or strip extends through a slot, m, in the slide C, and its inner end is lower than its outer end, the outer end having a roller, a, Fitted in it, over which the cord F passes.

From the above description it will be seen that the weight I will have a tendency to keep the side-pieces E, E, out from the board, e, as far as they can move; and that by depressing the slide G with the foot, the cord F will draw the side pieces E, E, backward to their fullest extent until the shoulders L, it, come in contact with the projections at the ends of the board e.

To adjust the bag which is to be filled to the device, the operator places the slide C at the desired height and then presses down the slide G, thereby drawing back the sidepieces E, E, and at the same time clamping the slide C to the post in consequence of the cord F bearing down on the outer end of the paw] J, and binding the inner end of the lathe against the post. The operator then places the mouth of the bag around the lower end of the hopper or lower edges of the` sidepieces E, E, and board e, the spurs f, g, catching into the bag, and then removes his The weight I then forces the side-pieces E, E, outward, and the mouth ot the bag is thereby distended so that it may be readily lled. The bottom of the bag rests on the ground or floor. To detach the bag the operator depresses slide G, and thereby forces back the side-pieces E, E, so that the bag may be readily disengaged from the spurs j', g. As the side-pieces E, E,

move outward they spread laterally and the i and stationary board e, rotary spurs j andy, mouth of the bag is thereby stretched or disand pawl J the side-pieces E, E, having tended in two directions at right angles with arms, D, D, attached, and a weight I, and each other, which is necessary in order that connected to a slide, G, by a cord, F; allan,V

5 it may be kept in an open state. ranged to operate as and for the purpose set l5 Having thus fully described my invention, forth. what I claim as new and desire to secure by A. M. OLDS. Letters Patent, is Witnesses:

The slide C, placed on the hollow post A, LEAVITT I. OLDS, 10 and provided with the sliding-pieces E, E, ELISHA G. PARTRIDGE. 

